c. 1300, "room for treasure," from Old French tresorie "treasury" (11c.), from tresor (see treasure (n.)). Meaning "department of state that controls public revenue" is recorded from late 14c. An Old English word for "room for treasure" was maem-hus and for "treasury," feo-hus (see fee).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. America's treasury secretary identified the most heavily indebted countries.
美國(guó)財(cái)政部長(zhǎng)指出了負(fù)債最多的那些國(guó)家。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The Treasury has long been predicting an upturn in consumer spending.